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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Decibel! wrote: > > Moving to -hackers. > > > > On Jul 27, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Stuart wrote: > >> Does Postgresql have a function like ascii() that will > >> return the unicode codepoint value for a utf8 character? > >> (And symmetrically same for question chr() of course). > > > I suspect that this is just a matter of no one scratching the itch. I > > suspect a patch would be accepted, or you could possibly put something on > > pgFoundry. > > Nay; there were some discussions about this not long ago, and I think > one conclusion you could draw from them is that many people want these > functions in the backend. > > > I'd set it up so that ascii() and chr() act according to the > > appropriate locale setting (I'm not sure which one would be appropriate). > > I don't see why any of them would react to the locale, but they surely > must honor client encoding. > > -- > Alvaro Herrera http://www.PlanetPostgreSQL.org/ > "I dream about dreams about dreams", sang the nightingale > under the pale moon (Sandman) > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster